Featured Book: The Planet Hunter: The Story Behind What Happened to Pluto”

Science fans will love this mix of story biography and nonfiction details about Mike Brown’s discoveries. What I especially loved was how the telling of this story didn’t “start” when he was an adult, already with the title of “astronomer”, but as a child fascinated with astronomy. The first two-page spread of the book really captures it for me: the fascination, the delight, and the “let me see for myself”.

Broad Science Connections

• Astronomy
• Planets
• Discovery
• Science Community
• Science Practices

Broad Literacy Connections

• Biographies
• Timeline
• Sequence
• Dialogue
• Sub-storylines (this one being non-fiction based)

Broad Sociocultural Connections

• Scientists make mistakes.
• Scientists belong to a science community.
• Scientists don’t work alone.
• Science is constantly progressing.

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